CCMFC New Chairman and Substantial Investment

[FFC Mariner]

Rumours that home games will be move to Canberra. That's why the club keeping silent maybe?

 

[Man Overboard]

Rumours that home games will be move to Canberra. That's why the club keeping silent maybe?

What rumours?

 

[Ironbark]

So far there is absolutely no indication the club or any games will be moved. Let's not stir everyone up with speculation based on nothing until there is something substantial to tell us otherwise.

At this stage all we know is that there is (probably) a new investor and Monty is staying on

 

[crock]

100 percent i dont think monty will stay on if we are moving to canberra

 

[AuzDutchy]

Mariners fans for nearly 10 years
"we hate Charlseworth and need more investment or him to sell the club"

CCM gets new investment and charlesworth reduced to minority owner, with seemingly a commitment to Monty

Mariners fans
"Oh no the club is moving to canberra"

?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️

 

[turbo]

So far there is absolutely no indication the club or any games will be moved. Let's not stir everyone up with speculation based on nothing until there is something substantial to tell us otherwise.

At this stage all we know is that there is (probably) a new investor and Monty is staying on

This. Anything else is just feeding negativity and speculation about maybe.

 

[crock]

Mariners fans for nearly 10 years
"we hate Charlseworth and need more investment or him to sell the club"

CCM gets new investment and charlesworth reduced to minority owner, with seemingly a commitment to Monty

Mariners fans
"Oh no the club is moving to canberra"

?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️

i wasnt keen on charlesworth selling as tbh most people that were interested were wanting to move and that was my worry that their was no interest in keeping us on coast

 

[pjennings]

I'm sure that the council was one of the great blocks to Mike Charlesworth selling / garnering more investment. The saga with the Stadium went on for years. Now there is certainty - even if it is not what Mike was after in terms of a Mariners lease. Investment loves certainty!!

 

[AuzDutchy]

i wasnt keen on charlesworth selling as tbh most people that were interested were wanting to move and that was my worry that their was no interest in keeping us on coast

the APL wants to expand, id bet my arse they wouldnt move CCM anywhere because theyd know theyre writing off ever having a team on the Central Coast ever again

further to that, if the APL DID by chance want to move us, there isnt a thing we could do to stop them

 

[crock]

Well thats true so yeah I cant see them agreeing to relocation

 

[Man Overboard]

the APL wants to expand.......................further to that, if the APL DID by chance want to move us, there isnt a thing we could do to stop them

I'm not sure that any owner would be interested in diluting their investment's value by expansion od the APL. Moving to greener pastures could however be another story. Time for Shaun to engage with fans on CCM Fans and the Club Part 2 I think.
We certainly couldn't stop a move, but that doesn't mean that you should support them if they did. This forum is littered with attacks on ex player 'snakes' who moved on. I couldn't support the club anymore if they did; I would have to look at another league as I couldn't bring myself to follow Jets or 'The Glamour club'. CCM owners will get more members in Canberra anyway if they move there, but I would have the satisfaction of not helping them with a membership renewal.

 

[crock]

I'm sure that the council was one of the great blocks to Mike Charlesworth selling / garnering more investment. The saga with the Stadium went on for years. Now there is certainty - even if it is not what Mike was after in terms of a Mariners lease. Investment loves certainty!!

So what happened to the stadium I know its got new owners but has stadium deal with club been done for next season

 

[pjennings]

I don't know but Shaun seemed happy to deal with them

 

[priorpeter]

CCM owners will get more members in Canberra anyway if they move there

Doubt. You’d lose the entire membership base up here, and my feel is that most Canberrans would be unwilling to support a relocated team. They’d end up with less.

It’s a moot point anyway.

 

[turbo]

I'm not sure that any owner would be interested in diluting their investment's value by expansion od the APL.

How does it dilute their investment? Any new owners would be buying in and new clubs will be directed to areas with untapped potential which strengthens the league. Places like Canberra, Tas, Gold Coast, Auckland , Wollongong all meet that brief. The main thing the existing owners would be against is the likes of Macarthur being set up in WSW's backyard. Until we have at least 14 teams, maybe 16 pending whatever happens with a second division, expansion makes sense over relocation unless a club is no longer viable in a location.

 

[Ancient Mariner]

As I have said in the past, why would the APL, or then FFA, allow a licence to relocate when they can get $10m selling a new licence?

 

[Man Overboard]

Doubt. You’d lose the entire membership base up here, and my feel is that most Canberrans would be unwilling to support a relocated team. They’d end up with less.

It’s a moot point anyway.

Not so sure. Canberrans love sport, and have a larger population base [Click on each for results]

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Population of Australian Capital Territory 2024

The Central Canberra Mariners team would probs also attract inland rural fans, Wagga etc while the CC is constrained by Sydney and Newcastle whose populations are most likely committed to other clubs, so little future growth for memberships.

 

[Insertnamehere]

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Tried to suss the edit that was made. Chased the IP address attached and its from a google cloud server in sydney. So ive no idea.

 

[Insertnamehere]

Mariners fans for nearly 10 years
"we hate Charlseworth and need more investment or him to sell the club"

CCM gets new investment and charlesworth reduced to minority owner, with seemingly a commitment to Monty

Mariners fans
"Oh no the club is moving to canberra"

?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️

If the duck quacks. What does that make it?

 

[Insertnamehere]

Doubt. You’d lose the entire membership base up here, and my feel is that most Canberrans would be unwilling to support a relocated team. They’d end up with less.

It’s a moot point anyway.

This is my theory too